VOCABULARY : Numbers 1.

CARDINAL NUMBERS

101 one hundred and one (BrE) / one hundred one (AmE) 165 one hundred and sixty-five 1,000 one thousand I,060 one thousand and sixty 1,265 one thousand, two hundred and sixty-five 1,000,000 one million 1,000,000,000 one billion Note: You say: hundreds of students, thousands of birds, millions of people. 2. ORDINATE NUMBERS first eleventh second twelfth third thirteenth fourth fourteenth fifth fifteenth sixth sixteenth seventh seventeenth eighth eighteenth ninth nineteenth tenth twentieth twenty-first twenty-second twenty-third twenty-fourth twenty-fifth twenty-sixth twenty-seventh twenty-eighth twenty ninth thirtieth fortieth fiftieth sixtieth seventieth eightieth ninetieth hundredth

3. WHEN USING NUMBER IN SENTENCE NOTE THE FOLLOWING POINTS: For numbers below ten, words are often preferable to numerals: Not : There were 4 students missing in the class. Use : There were four students missing in the class. Use numeral for page numbers, dates, figures, addresses and with % Not : twenty-third July, Fig. six, Two Eastwood Rd., three %

Use : 23 July, Fig. 6, 2 Eastwood Rd., 3%. For ordinate numbers, words are often preferable to numerals: Not : This is our 7th project in the last two years. Use : This is our seventh project in the last two years. Do not use two numerals in succession: Not : 3 4 man teams Use : Three four man teams. Do not use numerals at beginning of a sentence: Not : 10 students failed in the examination. Use : Ten students failed in the examination. Do not use numerals for round number estimates: Not : We have done roughly 20 exercises this week. Use : We have done roughly twenty exercises this week. 4. HOW TO READ 0 In telephone numbers : oh (BrE) / zero (AmE) Example: five four six oh/ zero seven two one three eight. 1:0 : one to nil decimal number : nought point four two six (0.426) 0oC : zero degrees Celsius 2, 4, 6 : even number 3, 5, 7 : odd numbers 1, 3, 7 : prime numbers 5.254, 23.56 : decimal numbers Note the difference: thousands 15,405 : fifteen thousand four hundred and five decimal 2.549 : two point five four nine 5. FRACTION 1/2 a half 1/3 a third 1/4 a quarter 1/5 a fifth 1/8 an eight 5/4 five quarters 3/19 three nineteenths or three over nineteen 12/3 one and two thirds More complex fraction: two hundred and twenty-six over four over hundred and five 20% twenty percent 6. DEGREES 100C ten degrees centigrade/Celsius
405

236

10C = 320 F thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit - 250Cminus twenty-five degrees Celsius 7. MATHEMATICAL PROCESS addition to add subtraction to subtract multiplication to multiply x division to divide :

Addition 2+2=4 : two and two is/ are/ comes up to four 625 + 542 = 1167 : six hundred and twenty-five plus five hundred and forty-two is/ equals one thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven Subtraction 64=2 : six take away four leaves/ is two 267 194 = 73 : two hundred and sixty-seven minus one hundred and ninety-four equal seventy-three. Multiplication 4 x 6 = 24 : four times six is/ makes twenty-four 42 x 63 = 2646 : forty-two multiplied by sixty-three equals two thousand, six hundred and forty-six Division 24 : 6 = 4 : twenty-four divided by six equals four 8. BASIC FORMULA (FORMULAS) ( ) brackets [ ] square brackets A, B, C : capital letters a, b, c : small letters (a b) (a + b) = y : a minus b in brackets times a plus b in brackets equals y. a (6 b) = x : a open brackets six minus b close brackets equals x. x [(a b) (a + b) 7] = 0 : x open square brackets a minus b in brackets times a plus b in brackets minus seven close square brackets equals nought. 9. DATES 1989 : nineteen eighty2001 : two thousand and one 1700 nine 2010 : two thousand and ten 1805 : seventeen 6 March : the sixth of March nineteen hundred 1992 ninety-two

: eighteen oh five

March 6, 1992

: March the sixth nineteen ninety-two

10.TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES 928 909 342 : nine two eight nine oh (zero) nine three four two 432 334 978 : four three two three (double three) nine seven eight muslim@yahoo.com : muslim at yahoo dot com

11.DOT a. Part of an e-mail and website address: www.muslim.com : www dot muslim dot com b. Used for serial and catalogue numbers, no fixed rules 120/AC-345.305 : one two zero slash A C dash three five dot three zero five or one two oh slash A C dash three five dot three oh five 12.PRICES 50p : fifty p (pence) 45p : forty-five p 1.30 : one pound thirty 6.85 : six pounds eighty-five 100p : is one pound Note: We say p or pence for prices under a pound 13.POINT a decimal point in calculators 3 x 1.5 = 4.5 : three times one point five is four point five 14.FULL STOP (BrE) / PERIOD (AmE) a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence. TASK 2 A. Cardinal Numbers 1. Match the words and numbers 3 eighty16 8 seven 6 15 eleven 60 36 fifteen 66 11 three 5 42 eight 50

sixty sixty-six sixteen six fifteen five

87 91 24

thirty-six forty-two ninety-one twenty-four

15 14 40

fifty forty fourteen

2. Match the words and numbers 505 five thousand and fifty 5,005 five thousand and fifteen 5,015 five thousand, one hundred and fifty 5,050 five hundred and five 515 five thousand five hundred 5,500 five hundred and fifteen 5,150 five thousand and five 3. Write these numbers in words. 45 forty five 17 .. 67 .. 88 .. 93 .. 34 .. 321 three hundred and twenty-one 432 .. 888 .. 304 .. 569 .. 785.. TASK 3 Ordinate Numbers 1. Write the ordinate numbers in words. 13 19 . 26 . 12 30 . 31 . 44 32 . 66 . B. 0, Fractions, odd and even numbers 1. Read and write in words a. 2% of the population b. 320C c. 65% students d. 2 1/3 e. -40C f. 5/9 g. 46.6% h. 2.48921 i. 3/15 j. 4 3/5 k. 100F

l. 11.5392 C. Mathematical Processes 1. Read and write the answer 3+5=8 three plus five is eight 12 2 = 10 twelve minus two is ten 37 + 6 = 28 + 4 =.. 69 + 7 = . 12 2 = .. 218 + 83 = . 625+ 195 = . 1032 + 568 =.. 88 12 =.... 35 11 = 63 33 = ... 462 184 =. 986 522 = 1577 913 = 2. Read 4 X 5 = 20 8 X 3 = 24 2 X 9 = 18 5 X 2 = 10 3. 1. 2. 3. 6 : 32 : 56 : 27 : 3 8 7 9 =2 =4 =8 =3

Read The Formula a+b+c=x de+y=z ( x + y ) (x y) = c 25 June 1868 24 March 1953 January 10, 1800 August 15,

4. Read the dates 3 July 1749 February 12, 1348 1703